Horse-clipping machine



` UNITED STATES PATENT @Erm-E..`

.RCEERT E. CARPENTER, CE MEEECRD, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSE-CLIPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,668, dated July 24,1853.

' Application fnea May 23, less. (Mood.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT K. CARPENTER, of Medford, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Horse-Clipping Machines, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this c specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of the handle and mechanism immediately connected therewith foroperating the cutter, and a sectional view of the flexible shaft; Fig. 2, an end view of the same; Fig. 8, an isometrical perspective view of the Clipper complete, and Fig. 4 a vertical longitudinal section of the iiexible shaft.

Like letters of reference indicate correspondi ing parts in the different figures of thedrawings. l I

My invention relates to that class of horse clippers or clipping machines which are designed to be operated by hand; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forthand claimed, by which a more effective device of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improve ment will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

Inthe drawings, A represents thepedestal, B the standard, and O the drive-wheel. The standard is rendered vertically adjustable in the pedestal by means of a screw, x, the drivewheel being pivoted thereto at m and Aprovided with the handle z'. Y y

Projecting laterally. from the upper end of the standard there is a stud, v, and centrally pivoted thereto there is a bar, D, provided near its rear or outer end with the' Counterbalance or weight E, which is rendered adj ustable thereon by the screw l).

A small wheel, G, is journaled onthe shaft z in the upper part ofthe standardB, as shown vin Fig. 3, this wheel being connected by the belt H with the driving-wheel C.

Y Projecting downwardly-from the forward end of the bar D there'are two verticallyarranged bars, J, connected by the cross-bar m, and provided with longitudinal slots h, these bars being rendered adjustable on the bar D by the screws]c and thimbles g. 4

Journaled in the lower ends of the bars J, there is a rod, K, which -is connected with the shaft z, on which the wheel G is journaled by means of a short iieXible shaft, L. This shaft is composed of a double helix or coil of wire, x, inclosed in a rubber or leather covering, j, as best Seen in Fig. 4, and is connected to the rod K-and shaft z by means of the screws n.

The rod K is hollow, and carries at its outer and rendered adjustable by the Screw p.

Attached to the outer end of the rod M there is a short flexible shaft, N, constructed substantially in the same manner as the shaft L, and connected with the shaft N there is a rod, O, vcarrying a tube, l), the tube being provided withV a short rod, Q, the rods O and Q being iitted to slide in the tube, and rendered adjustable therein by means of the screws q. .f

Attached to the outer end of the rod Q there is a short iiexible shaft, R, as best seenv in Fig. l, this shaft being connected with the rod S in the interior ofthe cutter-head U by means of the screw 1 and screw-thimble t.

A cutter, T, of the usual construction is journaled in the head U, and connected to the inner end of the shaft S by means of a Short exible shaft, W, this shaft being also constructed in substantially the same manner as the shaft L. A hole, d, is formed in the rear of -the cutter-head, directly opposite the inner end 'of the shaft-y, on which the cutter T is j ournaled, this hole being designed to receive the screw-thimble t on the iieXible shaft R,

thereby enabling said shaft to be connected directly with the shaft y, if desired.

'It will be obvious that the rods K M O Q, 95

tubel?, and shafts N R form a continuous shaft, connecting the shaft z with the cutterhead U, this shaft being rendered extensible by the screws p q, and iieXible, or adapted to be turned in either direction, by means ofthe shafts N R L.

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It will also be obvious that the rods K M may be easily elevated or depressed, as desired, the bars J being loosely connected t the thinibles g by means of the screws f, and said rods counterbalanced by the weight E.

The iiexible shafts IV, L, N, and It are each provided 011 their interiors with a chain, F, attached to the connecting-shafts in the usual manner to form a flexible j oint, no special novelty being claimed for the mode of constructing the iiexible shafts.

In clipping-machines of this character the cutter T is usually connected t0 the drivingshaft S by means of interposed mitcr-gears, the rod K and shaft z being also connected in the saine manner. These gears, however, are objectionable on account ofthe noise they produce in running the machine, which is liable to frighten the horse being clipped, and, also for the reason that the joint formed between the rod K and shaft c cannot be rendered sufficiently flexible when such gears are used. My invention is designed to obviate these objections, and to that end I make use of the Ilexible shaft IV for connecting the shaft 1/ and rod S in the head U, and also for connecting the rod K to the shaft z. I also use the shaft N to forni a flexiblejoint between the rods M O, and the shaft It to form a flexible connection be tween the rod Q and the cutter-head U, thereby adapting the pipe I? to be swungr around into parallelism with the rod K, and renden ing the clipper much more effective in its operations than those of ordinary construction.

It is sometimes desirable to connect the rod Q directly with the shaft y, and this I accomplish by means of detaching the screw-thimble 't from the screw 1', removing the iiexible shaft XV from the cutter-head U, passing the thimble through the hole d into the head, and screwing it onto the inner end ofthe shaft y, the opposite end of the shaft R being then connected by the screw-thimble c to the rod Q, thus leaving the handle 2O projecting at right angles to the rod R, and rendering the clipper more convenient for use in performing some parts of the operation of clipping the horse.

It will be obvious that the rod K may be secured at any desired elevation by means of the screws f, these screws, when turned in rmly, preventing the bar D from swiveling on the pivot or stud fv.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim isn l. In a horsc-clipping machine, the cutter T, connected with the rod S by means of the flexible shaft XV, in combination with the cutter-head U and means for operating the cutter, substantially as described.

2. In a horse-clipping machine, the shaft y, carrying the cutter T, and adapted to be conneeted directly with the flexible shaft R by means of the screw-thimble t, and also with the shaft S, substantially as set forth.

3. In a horse-clipping` machine, the slotted bars J, provided with the screws f, and thimbles g, for connecting the pivoted bar D and rod K and rendering them adjustable, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a horse-clipping machine, a shaft for connecting the cutter with the main driving- Wheel, said shaft consisting of the tubular rod K, adjustable rod M, flexible shaft N, rod O, tube P, rods Q S, and flexible shafts R LW, constructed, combined, and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

5. In a horse-clipping machine, the rod K, connected to the shaft z by means of the ilexible shaft L, in combination with means, substantially as described, for rendering said rod vertically adjustable and counterbal anci ng the same, substantially as set forth.

ROBERT K. CARPENTER.

Vitnesses:

C. A. SHAW, L. J. WHITE. 

